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** Your daily media briefing - Wednesday 14 October
In the Media <[link removed]> is our daily collection of news and commentary related to secularism, available delivered to your inbox. You can also read the latest news <[link removed]> and opinion <[link removed]> and listen to our podcasts <[link removed]> on our website.
** Secularism in the media
* Radio 4 Sunday: Mubarak Bala and IICSA findings on the Church of England <[link removed]>
BBC Radio 4's Sunday show features an interview with Leo Igwe on the imprisonment of humanist Mubarak Bala in Nigeria (from 01:30), and the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse's report on the Church of England (from 13:30).
BBC
* French education minister calls for vigilance on secular rules in schools <[link removed]>
French Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer has promised to back teachers, pupils and parents who expose breaches of the country's law on secularism in schools, as he reported figures on infringements in the past year.
RFI
* Cardinal George Pell meets Pope Francis for first time since acquittal <[link removed]>
George Pell has met Pope Francis in Rome for the first time since the Australian cardinal's conviction for child sexual abuse was overturned.
BBC
* 'I thought about giving up music' <[link removed]>
Mennel Ibtissem is a French-Syrian singer who has become an internet sensation. However, she faced a lot of criticism following her decision to no longer wear a hijab.
BBC
* US: Trump voters overwhelmingly support LGBT+ rights <[link removed]>
While Trump-supporting Republicans are usually assumed to be staunchly anti-LGBT+, the poll found that across the board participants were in favour of marriage equality, adoption rights and trans people serving in the US military.
Pink News
* US: Christian adoption agency that only placed children with married straight couples won’t be shut down, court rules <[link removed]>
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the shut down of a Christian adoption agency which refused to place children with LGBT+ families.
Pink News
* Indian LGBT+ rights group launches landmark bid to ban conversion therapy <[link removed]>
Following the suicide of a young bisexual woman in India, an LGBT+ rights group has filed a petition to the Kerala High Court seeking to ban the practice of conversion therapy.
Pink News
* China bans pilgrimage for Muslims who fail patriotism test <[link removed]>
China has ordered Muslim citizens to prove that they are patriotic and law-abiding before they are allowed to undertake the haj pilgrimage, under a new law that it says will safeguard national security.
The Times (£)
* Pakistan cleric killed in apparent sectarian attack <[link removed]>
Gunmen riding on a motorcycle shot and killed a religious scholar who belongs to a little-known branch of Islam in Pakistan's bustling city of Karachi, police said.
Associated Press
* Three Dalit girls targeted in ‘acid attack' in Indian state at centre of caste tensions <[link removed]>
Police say three girls from the Dalit (formerly known as 'Untouchable') community have been targeted in a possible acid attack while they were sleeping in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
The Independent
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* CoE put its reputation before child protection, abuse inquiry finds <[link removed]>
The Church of England failed to take action to deal with child abuse as it prioritised defending its reputation, an inquiry has found.
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